Perennials

Dark purple foliage and black stems provide a perfect foil for the flowers bloom is emerge fire red then orange returning to bronze as they fade. Makes great cut flowers and attracts butterflies.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Height: 36 - 40"

Width: 36 - 40"

Image courtesy of Ball Horticulture

2021 Proven Winners National Hosta of the Year®

Extremely ruffled, cream coloured margins extend from the tip of each green leaf all the way down the petiole to the crown.  This ruffled margin is evident even in the juvenile stage of the plant before vernalization.  The leaves of this medium sized hosta are of excellent substance, making them slug resistant in the landscape. 

Among the most popular and easy to grow flowering vines, clematis are lovely deciduous vines which get covered with large single flowers. They grow best on a west facing wall, fence or arbour. Cover soil with mulch to keep the roots cool in the heat of the summer.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 6 - 12'

• Width: 36 - 48"

Zone: 4

Aster 'Alert" is a compact mounding selection of our native New England aster.  During spring and summer, plants are clothed in gray-green leaves.  In fall foliage disappears beneath a starry mantle of crimson daisies. Plants are tough and adaptable to moist sunny sites in a variety of garden situations. This cultivar is known for its compact habit, disease resistance and eye-popping flower display.

Light Requirement: Full to Part Sun

Flowering Season:  Late Summer

Mature Size:

• Height: 12"
  
• Spread: 16"
  

Zone: 3a

A clump-forming, densely leafy perennial to 60cm, with narrow-lanceolate leaves and small clusters of blue-eyed white flowers 3-4cm across

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Continuous blooming and tidy habit. A good pollinator and deer resistant.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 12 - 14"

• Width: 14 - 16"

Zone: 5

Photos courtesy of Ball Seed

Brilliant flowers complement neat, attractive foliage. Wonderful as ground cover, in the rock garden, along walkways or cascading over stone walls. Easy to maintain. Thrives in hot, dry locations. .

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Flowering Season: Late Summer

Mature Size:

• Height: 6"
  
• Spread: 12"

Zone: 3A

Looking for a compact yet robust Russian Sage? Give 'Blue Jean Baby' a try! Its lavender blue flowers, held in smoky purple calyxes, bloom for an extended period from midsummer into fall. This variety is one of the earliest to bloom among Perovskias, offering enduring appeal in your landscape.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 24 - 36"

• Width: 24 - 36"

Zone: 4

Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa.

 A first-class foliage plant for using towards the front of the border, where its deep green  leaves look for all the world like some exotic fern. Dark green foliage is typical of jacobs ladder with, heads of white flowers rise above on short stems in early summer. This seems to prefer a partly shaded situation with protection from hot afternoon sun, particularly where summers are warm and humid. Also excellent in mixed containers.

Light Requirement: Partial Shade to Partial Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 12 - 24"

• Width: 8 - 12"

Zone: 3

Also known as Blue Cornflower, or Mountain Bluet.

This species of Bachelor Button is low to medium in height and well suited to growing in the sunny border. Plants form a bushy clump of grey-green leaves, setting off a display of clear-blue shaggy flowers in early summer.

Removing faded flower heads will encourage repeat blooming. Ruggedly hardy, this plant will grow in most types of soils and climate regions. Plants may be pruned back  in mid-summer to maintain a compact habit.

Makes for beautiful cut flower.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 18"
  
• Spread: 24"
  

Zone: 2

Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa.

Achillea Yarrow blooms for weeks starting from early to late summer and is known for attracting butterflies.  It's a deer, drought and rabbit resistant perennial that features clusters of petite flowers with a long stem. 

deadheading will encourage new blooms and will prevent from spreading it's seeds, yarrow seeds can fall from previous blooms and will spread if not monitored. 

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Flowering Season: Mid Summer

Mature Size:

• Height: 24"
  
• Spread: 24"
  

Zone: 2b

McKana's Giant aquilegia is particularly good for cut flowers as it features a fully double, upward-facing bloom, rising above a ferny foliage of gray-green divided leaves. Plants typically produce 3-5 stems in the first year and 5-10 stems in the second and following years.

Remove faded flowering stems to promote additional blooming.

Light Requirement: Part Sun

Flowering Season: Early Summer

Mature Size:

• Height: 30"
  
• Spread: 24"
  

Zone: 3

photo courtesy of  Ball Seed

Photo courtesy of Ball Seed

Empress Wu features huge dark green leaves with deep veins, measuring over 1½' wide and long. It forms a tall and wide clump with a strongly upright habit. Pale reddish-violet flowers bloom just above the foliage in early to midsummer. An exceptional focal point for your shade garden, it takes about 5 years to reach its mature size.

Light Requirement: Partial Shade to Full Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 36 - 48"

• Width: 60 -72"

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa.

A beautifully variegated mini hosta. Large, ovate leaves have green centers with brightly contrasting yellow margins. The margins are heavily rippled and give the leaves a lightly wavy overall effect. White flowers appear above the foliage in midsummer. A showy specimen for the shade!

Good for ground covers and underplanting for shrubs.

Light Requirement: Full Shade to Partial Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 4-6"

• Width: 10 - 12"

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa

Brilliant flowers complement neat, attractive foliage. Wonderful as ground cover, in the rock garden, along walkways or cascading over stone walls. Easy to maintain. Thrives in hot, dry locations. Also called orange stonecrop.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Flowering Season: Late Summer

Mature Size:

• Height: 6"
  
• Spread: 12"

Zone: 3A

Hardy perennial in Manitoba.  Sedum (also known as Stonecrop) is a gorgeous,  flowering plant with fleshy, gray-green leaves and purple veins and stems. A true sun lover, they bloom in late summer and attracts plentiful pollinators to the garden throughout the fall season. Very showy and tolerant of low rainfall. This plant will attract butterflies, birds and is bee friendly.

* Deer/Rabbit Resistant

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Flowering Season: Late Summer

A vigorous grower, this plant features smooth, narrowly oval pointed leaves that are mid-green above and pale green beneath. It produces tiny saucer-shaped white blossoms in dense, tapered terminal spikes, 4 to 8 inches long, curving gracefully over and down from July to September. In autumn, the leaves transform into a rich gold color.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Full Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 18 - 36"

• Width: 18 - 36"

Zone: 4

Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa.

The Red Baron Japanese Blood Grass features white grassy leaves on an upright spreading plant. Its foliage transitions to a stunning dark red in the fall, complemented by colorful dark red stems, adding to its overall appeal.

Plant in sheltered area and cover with heavy mulch to over winter.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 12 - 24"

• Width: 12 -24"

Zone: 5A

Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa

Sunburst Double Coreopsis form a mound of leathery green leaves, bearing many upright stems of dbl. daisy type flowers for weeks starting in early summer. Removing faded flowers regularly will encourage blooming to continue into the fall.

Tolerant of hot, humid summer climates. Attractive to butterflies.

Light Requirement: Full to Part Sun

Flowering Season: Early Summer

Mature Size:

• Height: 24"
  
• Spread: 24"
  

Zone: 3b

'Ruby Stella' Daylily shows a rich ruby coloured petal and a golden centre. Once established, this daylily is especially strong against drought and heat, and prefers drier conditions.

Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 18-20"

• Width: 12-18"

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa.

Light Requirement: Full Sun

Mature Size:

• Height: 30"

• Width: 12"

Zone: 3

‘Heavy Metal’ is a favorite switchgrass, well-loved for its dramatic, metallic blue foliage and for its strong upright habit that remains standing straight and tall. Pink-tinted, airy blooms appear in July, highlighting the color of its blue leaves. This blue switchgrass serves as a colorful backdrop to other grasses and perennials, looks stunning in masses, and provides a focal point when used as a specimen.

Light Requirement: Full to Partial Shade

Mature Size:

• Height: 48"
  
• Spread: 36"
  

Zone: 4

Lorelei showcases a color unique to peonies with spicy fragrant petals blooming in a pinky-orange hue, complemented by a mass of billowy apricot flowers towards the center. Its sturdy stems do not require staking and can withstand various weather conditions, making it an excellent cultivar to enhance your garden.

Ants are attracted to a sweet nectar on the buds of the peony plant but do not harm them in any way.

Light Requirement: Full Sun 

Mature Size:

• Height: 24 - 36"

• Width: 16 - 18"

Zone: 3

Photos courtesy of Van Noort Bulb Co. & Florissa.

White Clips make for beautiful ground covering and edging for any garden, Campanula are also known as 'Bell flowers'  or ' Canterbury Bells' because of their distinct, upturned bell-shaped flowers.

White Clips are not aggressive like other varieties of Bell flowers

 Light Requirement: Full Sun

Flowering Season: Early Summer

Mature Size:

• Height: 6"
  
• Spread: 10"
  

Zone: 3b